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EDITOR'S PREFACE |
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CHAPTER I. -
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- Introductory
- Ancestry
- The Northup Family
- Birth and Parentage
- Mintus Northup
- Marriage with Ann Hampton
- Good Resolutions
- Champlain Canal
- Rafting Excursion to Canada
- Farming
- The Violin
- Cooking
- Removal to Saratoga
- Parker and Perry
- Slaves and Slavery
- The Children
- The Beginning of Sorrow |
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CHAPTER II.
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- The two Strangers
- The Circus Company
- Departures from Saratoga
- Ventriloquism and Legerdemain
- Journey to New York
- Free Papers
- Brown and Hamilton
- The haste to reach the Circus
- Arrival in Washington
- Funeral of Harrison
- The Sudden Sickness
- The Torment of Thirst
- The Receding Light
- Insensability
- Chains and Darkness |
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CHAPTER III. -
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- Painful Meditations
- James H. Burch
- Williams' Slave Pen in Washington
- The Lackey, Radburn
- Assert my Freedom
- The Anger of the Trader
- The Paddle and Cat-o'-ninetails
- The Whipping
- New Acquaintances
- Ray, Williams and Randall
- Arrival of Little Emily and her Mother in
the Pen
- Maternal Sorrows
- The Story of Eliza |
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- Eliza's Sorrows
- Preparation to Embark
- Driven Through the Streets of Washington
- Hail, Columbia
- The Tomb of Washington
- Clem Ray
- The Breakfast on the Steamer
- The happy Birds
- Aquia Creek
- Fredericksburgh
- Arrival in Richmond
- Goodin and his Slave Pen
- Robert, of Cincinnati
- David and his Wife
- Mary and Lethe
- Clem's Return
- His subsequent Escape to Canada
- The Brig Orleans
- James H. Burch |
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CHAPTER V. -
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- Arrival of Norfolk
- Frederick and Maria
- Arthur, the Freeman
- Appointed Steward
- Jim, Cuffee, and Jenny
- The Storm
- Bahama Banks
- The Calm
- The Conspiracy
- The Long Boat
- The Small-Pox
- Death of Robert
- Manning, the Sailor
- The Meeting in the Forecastle
- The Letter
- Arrival at New Orleans
- Arthur's Rescue
- Theophilus Freeman, the Consignee
- Platt
- First Night in the New Orleans Slave Pen |
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CHAPTER VI. -
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- Freeman's Industry
- Cleanliness and Clothes
- Exercising in the Show Room
- The Dance
- Bob, the Fiddler
- Arrival of Customers
- Slaves Examined
- The Old Gentleman of New-Orleans
- Sale of David, Caroline, and Lethe
- Parting of Randall and Eliza
- Small Pos
- The Hospital
- Recovery and Return to Freeman's Slave Pen
- The Purchaser of Eliza, Harry, and Platt
- Eliza's Agony on Parting from Little Emily |
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CHAPTER VII. -
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- The Steamboat Rodolph
- Departure from New Orleans
- William Ford
- Arrival at Alexandria, on Red River
- Resolutions
- The Great Pine Woods
- Wild Cattle
- Martin's Summer Residence
- The Texas Road
- Arrival at Master Ford's
- Rose
- Mistress Ford
- Sally and her Children
- John, the Cook
- Walter, Sam, and Antony
- The Mills on Indian Creek
- Sabbath Days
- Sam's Conversion
- The Profit of Kindness
- Rafting
- Adam Taydem, the Little White Man
- Cascalla and his Tribe
- The Indian Ball
- John M. Tebeats
- The Storm approaching |
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CHAPTER VIII. -
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- Ford's Embarrassments
- Mistress Ford's Plantation on Bayou Boeuf
- Description of the Latter
- Ford's Brother-in-law, Peter Tanner
- Meeting with Eliza
- She still Mourns for her Children
- Ford's Overseer, Chapin
- Tibeats' Abuse
- The Keg of Nails
- The First Fight with Tibeats
- His Discomfiture and Castigation
- The attempt to Hang me
- Chapin's Interference and Speech
- Unhappy Reflections
- Abrupt Departure of Tibeats, Cook, and
Ramsey
- Lawson and the Brown Mule
- Message to the Pine Woods |
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CHAPTER IX -
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- The Hot Sun
- Yet bond
- The Cords sink into my Flesh
- Chapin's Uneasiness
- Speculation
- Rachel, and her Cup of Water
- Suffering increases
- The Happiness of Slavery
- Arrival of Ford
- He cuts the Cords which bind me, and takes
the Rope from my Neck
- Miscry
- The gathering of the Slaves in Eliza's
Cabin
- Their Kindness
- Rachel Repeats the Occurrences of the Day
- Lawson entertains his Companions with an
Account of his Ride
- Chapin's apprehensions of Tibeats
- Hired to Peter Tanner
- Peter expounds the Scriptures
- Descriptions of the Stocks |
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CHAPTER X.
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- Return to Tibeats
- Impossibility of pleasing him
- He attacks me with a Hatchet
- The Strubble over the Broad Axe
- The Temptation to Murder him
- Escape across the Plantation
- Observations from the Fence
- Tibeats approaches, followed by the Hounds
- They take my Track
- Their loud Yells
- They almost overtake me
- I reach the Water
- The Hounds confused
- Moccasin Snakes
- Alligators
- Night in the "Great Pacoudrie Swamp"
- The Sounds of Life
- Northwest Course
- Emerge into the Pine Woods
- Slave and his Young Master
- Arrival at Ford's
- Food and Rest |
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CHAPTER XI. -
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- The Mistress' Garden
- The Crimson and Golden Fruit
- Orange and Pomegranate Trees
- Return to Bayou Boeuf
- Master Ford's Remarks on the way
- The Meeting with Tibeats
- His Account of the Chase
- Ford censures his Brutality
- Arrival at the Plantation
- Astonishment of the Slaves on seeing me
- The anticipated Flogging
- Kentucky John
- Mr. Eldret, the Planter
- Eldret's Sam
- Trip to the "Big Cane Brake"
- The Tradition of "Sutton's Field"
- Forest Trees
- Gnats and Mosquitoes
- The Arrival of Black Women in the Big Cane
- Lumber Women
- Sudden Appearance of Tibeats
- His Provoking Treatment
- Visit to Bayou Boeuf
- The Slave Pass
- Southern Hospitality
- The Last of Eliza
- Sale to Edwin Epps |
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CHAPTER XII. -
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- Personal Appearance of
Epps
- Epps, Drunk and Sober
- A Glimpse of his History
- Cotton Growing
- The Mode of Ploughing and Preparing Ground
- Of Planting, of Hoeing, of Picking, of
Treating Raw Hands
- The difference in Cotton Pickers
- Patsey a remarkable one
- Tasked according to Ability
- Beauty of a Cotton Field
- The Slave's Labors
- Fear of Approaching the Gin-House
- Weighing
- "Chores"
- Cabin Life
- The Corn Mill
- The Uses of the Gourd
- Fear of Oversleeping
- Fear continually
- Mode of Cultivating Corn
- Sweet Potatoes
- Fertility of the Soil
- Fattening Hogs
- Preserving Bacon
- Raising Cattle
- Shooting Matches
- Garden Products
- Flowers and Verdure, |
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CHAPTER XIII. -
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- The Curious Axe-Helve
- Symptoms of approaching Illness
- Continue to decline
- The Whip ineffectual
- Confined to the Cabin
- Visit by Dr. Wines
- Partial Recovery
- Failure at Cotton Picking
- What may be heard on Epps' Plantation
- Lashes Graduated
- Epps in a Whipping Mood
- Epps in a Dancing Mood
- Description of the Dance
- Loss of Rest no Excuse
- Epps' Characteristics
- Jim Burns
- Removal from Huff Power to Bayou Boeuf
- Description of Uncle Abram; of Wiley; of
Aunt Phebe; of Bob, Henry, and Edward; of
Patsey; with a Genealogical Account of each
- Something of their Past History, and
Peculiar Characteristics
- Jealousy and Lust
- Patsey, the Victim |
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CHAPTER XIV. -
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- Destruction of the Cotton
Crop in 1845
- Demand for Laborers in St. Mary's Parish
- Sent thither in a Drove
- The Order of the March
- The Grand Coteau
- Hired to Judge Turner of Bayou Salle
- Appointed Driver in his Sugar House
- Sunday Services
- Slave Furniture; how obtained
- The Party at Yarney's, in Centreville
- Good fortune
- The Captain of the Steamer
- His Refusal to Secrete me
- Return to Bayou Boeuf
- Sight of Tibeats
- Patsey's Sorrows
- Tumult and Contention
- Hunting the Coon and Opossum
- The Cunning of the latter
- The Lean Condition of the Slave
- Description of the Fish Trap
- The Murder of the Man from Natchez
- Epps Challenged by Marshall
- The Influence of Slavery
- The Love of Freedom |
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CHAPTER XV.
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- Labors on Sugar Plantation
- The Mode of Planting Cane
- of Hoeing Cane
- Can Ricks
- Cutting Cane
- Description of the Cane Knife
- Winrowing
- Preparing for Succeeding Crops
- Description of Hawkins' Sugar Mill on
Bayou Boeuf
- The Christmas Holidays
- The Carnival Season of the Children of
Bondage
- The Christmas Supper
- Red, the Favorite Color
- The Violin, and the Consolation it
afforded
- The Christmas Dance
- Lively, the Coquette
- Sam Roberts, and his Rivals
- Slave Songs
- Southern Life as it is
- Three Days in the Year
- The System of Marriage
- Uncle Abram's Contempt of Matrimony |
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CHAPTER XVI. -
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- Overseers
- How they are Armed and Accompanied
- The Homicide
- His Execution at Marksville
- Slave Drivers
- Appointed Driver on removing to Bayou
Boeuf
- Practice makes perfect
- Epps's Attempt to Cut Platt's Throat
- The Escape from him
- Protected by the Mistress
- Forbids Reading and Writing
- Obtain a Sheet of Paper after Nine Years'
Effort
- The Letter
- Armsby, the Mean White
- Partially confide in him
- His Treachery
- Epps' Suspicions
- How they were quieted
- Burning the Letter
- Armsby leaves the Bayou
- Disappointment and Despair |
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CHAPTER XVII. -
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- Wiley disregards the
counsels of Aunt Phebe and Uncle Abram, and
is caught by the Patrollers
- The Organization and Duties of the latter
- Wiley Runs Away
- Speculations in regard to him
- His Unexpected Return
- His Capture on the Red River, and
Confinement in Alexandria Jail
- Discovered by Joseph B. Roberts
- Subduing Dogs in anticipation of Escape
- The Fugitives in the Great Pine Woods
- Captured by Adam Taydem and the Indians
- Augustus killed by Dogs
- Nelly, Eldret's Slave Woman
- The Story of Celeste
- The Concerted Movement
- Lew Chaney, the Traitor
The Idea of Insurrection |
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CHAPTER XVIII. -
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- O'Niel, the Tanner
- Conversation with Aunt Phebe overheard
- Epps in the Tanning Business
- Stabbing of Uncle Abram
- The Ugly Wound
- Epps is Jealous
- Patsey is Missing
- Her Return from Shaw's
- Harriet, Shaw's Black Wife
- Epps Enraged
- Patsey denies his Charges
- She is Tied
- Down Naked to Four Stakes
- The Inhuman Flogging
- Flaying of Patsey
- The Beauty of the Day
- The Bucket of Salt Water
- The Dress stiff with Blood
- Patsey grows Melancholy
- Her Idea of God and Eternity
- Of Heaven and Freedom
- The Effect of Slave-Whipping
- Epps' Oldest Son
- "The Child is Father to the Man," |
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CHAPTER XIX. -
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- Avery, on Bayou Rouge
- Peculiarity of Dwellings
- Epps builds a New House
- Bass, the Carpenter
- His Noble Qualities
- His Personal Appearance and Eccentricities
- Bass and Epps discuss the Question of
Slavery
- Epps' Opinion of Bass
- I make myself known to him
- Our Conversation
- His Surprise
- The Midnight Meeting on the Bayou Bank
- Bass' Assurances
- Declares War against Slavery
- Why I did not Disclose my History
- Bass writes Letters
- Copy of his Letter to Messrs. Parker and
Perry
- The Fever of Suspense
- Disappointments
- Bass endeavors to cheer me
- My Faith in him |
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CHAPTER XX. -
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- Bass faithful to his word
- His Arrival on Christmas Eve
- The Difficulty of Obtaining an Interview
- The Meeting in the Cabin
- Non-arrival of the Letter
- Bass announces his Intention to proceed
North
- Christmas
- Conversation between Epps and Bass
- Young Mistress McCoy, the Beauty of Bayou
Boeuf
- The "Ne plus ultra" of Dinners
- Music and Dancing
- Presence of the Mistress
- Her Exceeding Beauty
-The Last Slave Dance
- William Pierce
- Over sleep myself
- The Last Whipping
- Despondency
- Cold Morning
- Epps' Threats
- The Passing Carriage
- Strangers approaching through the Cotton
Field
- Last Hour on Bayou Boeuf |
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CHAPTER XXI. -
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- The Letter reaches
Saratoga
- Is forwarded to Anne
- Is laid before Henry B. Northrup
- The Statute of May 14, 1840
- Its Provisions
- Anne's Memorial to the Governor
- The affidavits Accompanying it
- Senator Soule's Letter
- Departure of the Agent appointed by the
Governor
- Arrival at Marksville
- The Hon. John P. Waddill
- The Conversation on New York Politics
- It suggests a Fortunate Idea
- The Meeting with Bass
- The Secret out
- Legal Proceedings instituted
- Departure of Northrup and the Sheriff from
Marksville for Bayou Boeuf
- Arrangements on the Way
- Reach Epps Plantation
- Discover his Slaves in the Cotton-Field
- The Meeting
- The Farewell |
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CHAPTER XXII. -
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- Arrival in New Orleans
- Glimpse of Freeman
- Genois, the Recorder
- His Description of Solomon
- Reach Charleston Interrupted by Custom
House Officers
- Pass through Richmond
- Arrival in Washington
- Burch Arrested
- Shekels and Thorn
- Their Testimony
- Burch Acquitted
- Arrest of Solomon
- Burch withdraws the Complaint
- The Higher Tribunal
- Departure from Washington
- Arrival at Sandy Hill
- Old Friends and Familiar Scenes
- Proceed to Glens Falls
- Meeting with Anne, Margaret, and Elizabeth
- Solomon Northrup Staunton
- Incidents
- Conclusion |
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APPENDIX -
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS: |
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PORTRAIT
OF SOLOMON IN HIS
PLANTATION SUIT |
1 |
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SCENE
IN THE SLAVE PEN
AT WASHINGTON |
45 |
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SEPARATION
OF ELIZA AND HER
LAST CHILD |
85 |
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CHAPIN
RESCUES SOLOMON
FROM HANGING |
115 |
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THE
STAKING OUT
AND FLOGGING
OF THE GIRL PATSEY |
256 |
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SCENE
IN THE COTTON FIELD,
AND SOLOMON'S DELIVERY |
303 |
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ARRIVAL
HOME, AND FIRST
MEETING
WITH HIS WIFE
AND CHILDREN |
320 |
